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A family name in Vancouver's city directories

The McGhees

In the city directories 1940 · five people at four addresses

The directories print five people named McGhee at four addresses in 1940 in three of the city's neighbourhoods. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family.

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Where the McGhees lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. One address isn't on today's map, so it has no pin. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    43 East 60th Avenue

    Sunset, 1940

    • H McGhee, a seaman 1940

    Next door in 1940: J S Hutton at 39 and J Grimson at 49. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    8279 Hudson Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • H McGhee, retired 1940

    Next door in 1940: C T Loomer at 8233. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    1306 West 12th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • William McGhee, a student at UBC 1940

    Next door in 1940: C D Newcomb at 1316. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1310 West 13th Avenue

    Fairview, 1940

    • Miss L L McGhee 1940
    • Laura L McGhee, a secretary at Lawson Clark & Lundell 1940

    Next door in 1940: Mrs E Evans at 1336. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for two of the five: a seaman and a secretary.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Fairview (2), Marpole and Sunset. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists H McGhee at 43 East 60th Avenue; the 1940 line is marked *: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark). The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Harry McGhee there as the householder, a seaman. In 1940 the directory lists H McGhee at 8279 Hudson Street. The 1940 name section lists Hugh McGhee there as the householder, retired.

The 1940 name section lists William McGhee at 1306 West 12th Avenue, a student at UBC. Miss L L McGhee is listed at 1310 West 13th Avenue in 1940. The 1940 name section lists Laura L McGhee there as the householder, a secretary at Lawson Clark & Lundell.

Today

1306 West 12th and 1310 West 13th still have their buildings from before 1946, both on the Vancouver Heritage Register; 43 East 60th (1973) and 8279 Hudson (1999) have newer buildings, by the City's record.

Every line as printed

All 7 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under M. Want a name removed? Tell us.